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Integration is such a liberal white folks things.  Have you actually talked to any black folks almost none actually want it.  In fact most people are fine with the current DC education landscape.

The key for schools is always the principal.  There are several success stories with public and charters getting real results with at-risk kids.  Its time to take some of the assistant principals at these schools and give them their own schools.  That's the only change that needs to happen.  [/quote]

In fact, many of the black folks I have talked to about school options have specifically mentioned an integrated school as important to them.  And it certainly a focus of black writers/reporters like Nikole Hannah-Jones.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/06/magazine/the-resegregation-of-jefferson-county.html[/quote]

+1.  Black person here (raises hand).  I want integrated schools, and know plenty of other black people who agree with me.  Why revisit this point?  We know from history that predominantly black/brown schools don't get the same resources as white schools (Brown vs. Board, anyone?).  Plus, I think there is value in attending school with people from different backgrounds--I wish more on this thread felt that way.[/quote]

PP here.  On a related note, Linda Brown (of Brown vs. Board) just passed away yesterday.  Never knew the following:

"In 1979, Linda Brown, now with her own children in Topeka schools, became a plaintiff in a resurrected version of Brown, which still had the same title. Topeka Capital-Journal archives indicate the plaintiffs sued the school district for not following through with desegregation.
"Federal Judge Richard Rogers sided with the school district in a 1987 decision, but an appeals court reversed his ruling in 1989 and the Supreme Court chose not to review that decision. Rogers then approved a desegregation plan for Topeka Unified School District 501 in 1993.”

Never knew this issue dragged out so long—people really held on to their segregated schools. I can’t believe we’re still here debating whether integrated schools are needed.

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/26/597154953/linda-brown-who-was-at-center-of-brown-v-board-of-education-dies?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social[/quote]

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